Lesson #4
3/4 Gifted Classroom
Objective:
- To have the students demonstrate synthesis by composing their own
hard-news story of the Chinese Cinderella including the 5 W's and H in the
article.
Materials:
- Chinese Cinderella Story
- Disney Cinderella Story
- Newspapers
- Plain white paper
- Snow White example of hard-news story
Procedure:
To begin, read the Chinese Cinderella to the class. After reading it, have the
students tell the difference between this version and the American version.
Why are they different? Show the children the front page of a newspaper and ask
them what catches their eye. Talk about headlines of a paper with the class.
Ask the students when writing a story what information needs to be included.
Explain the 5 W's and H to the students (who, what, when, where, why, and how).
Read the article, "Snow White" to the class without giving the title and tell
them to listen to see if they know what fairy tale it is. After this, break the
students into groups or they can work alone. Have them use the Chinese
Cinderella to write a catchy story for a newspaper! Have them share their
articles after they are finished. Make a large newspaper sheet and put all the
articles on it for the class to see.
Evaluation:
- I'll evaluate their new article to make sure they have included the 5 W's
and H in their news article.